{"id":9347,"date":"2019-04-30T13:43:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T13:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=9347"},"modified":"2019-04-30T13:43:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T13:43:39","slug":"boko-haram-militants-kill-21-in-nigerian-village-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/boko-haram-militants-kill-21-in-nigerian-village-attack","title":{"rendered":"Boko Haram militants kill 21 in Nigerian village attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-brief\">Boko Haram militants killed 21 people when they stormed into a village in northeastern Nigeria and set it on fire, residents said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<section>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Boko Haram militants killed 21 people when they stormed into a village in northeastern Nigeria and set it on fire, residents said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The militants, packed into four trucks and flanked by gunmen on motorbikes, swept into the village of Kuda in northeast Nigeria&#8217;s Adamawa state late on Monday afternoon, firing as they came.<\/p>\n<p>Villagers fled the attack but returned on Tuesday to bury the dead left amid the charred wreckage of their homes.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4878\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/02\/The-Boko-Haram-gun-truck-used-in-Buni-Yadi-attack-e1550410375434.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/The-Boko-Haram-gun-truck-used-in-Buni-Yadi-attack-e1550410375434.jpg 700w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/The-Boko-Haram-gun-truck-used-in-Buni-Yadi-attack-e1550410375434-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/The-Boko-Haram-gun-truck-used-in-Buni-Yadi-attack-e1550410375434-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They opened fire on residents, killing 21 people,&#8221; said community leader Maina Ularamu. &#8220;They burnt several homes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ularamu lost three brothers-in-law in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two-thirds of the village has been burnt,&#8221; said resident Paul Waramulu, speaking to AFP by telephone from the village, giving the same toll of those killed.<\/p>\n<p>Waramulu said the fighters had looted food supplies before setting fire to buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Many villagers were terrified and were still hiding in surrounding bush, and those who came back did so to give funerals to those killed, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The village of Kuda lies in the Madagali district of Adamawa state, some 285 kilometres (177 miles) north of the state capital Yola.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate official response from the army or police.<\/p>\n<p>The attack is the latest in a long line of massacres carried out by Boko Haram in the area, who have hideouts in the dense forests nearby.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boko Haram militants killed 21 people when they stormed into a village in northeastern Nigeria and set it on fire, residents said Tuesday. 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